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Monday, Oct 13, 2008 13:15 PDT

McCain advisor: Obama crowds just as ugly

Confronted about the rage at recent McCain rallies, Steve Schmidt cites vicious cries at Obama events — but no one seems to have heard about them.
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008 03:54 PDT

Ricky goes to Hollywood

Ricky Gervais, the comic whiz behind "The Office," aims his nervy, discomfiting humor at the stand-up stage and movie stardom.
Thursday, Feb 28, 2008 11:38 PST

Requiem for a right-wing icon

Never mind that the Republican right is in chaos, William F. Buckley is up for sainthood -- and John McCain is in on the act.
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2007 12:15 PST

An Iran bombshell for Bush

The White House knew months ago about Iran's stalled nuclear program. But Bush and Cheney have kept up the war rhetoric.
Thursday, Apr 19, 2007 04:50 PDT

The U.S. attorneys scandal gets dirty

As Congress prepares to grill Alberto Gonzales, Salon has uncovered another partisan issue connected to the mass firings: Pornography.
Wednesday, Mar 21, 2007 08:30 PDT

How U.S. attorneys were used to spread voter-fraud fears

Long before it fired eight U.S. attorneys for political reasons, the Bush administration had politicized their jobs by making them push a favorite GOP talking point.
Monday, Mar 19, 2007 09:00 PDT

Smearing the U.S. attorneys

New details show the Bush administration's "document dump" gives a misleading rationale for the firing of two U.S. attorneys.
Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007 05:30 PST

Inside Bush's prosecutor purge

Why has the administration fired U.S. attorneys with sterling track records? To make room for its political loyalists, critics say, and exert its last shred of control.
Monday, Nov 6, 2006 05:30 PST

The Scandal Sheet

Don't just read it and weep -- pin it on your wall, fax it to Nancy Pelosi. A dozen reasons to throw the bums out of Washington.
Friday, Sep 22, 2006 04:00 PDT

The needle and the damage undone

Vancouver has halted a drug epidemic by helping street addicts shoot up in safety. Will U.S. cities -- and Bush's drug czar -- learn from the Canadians' success?
Wednesday, Aug 30, 2006 05:30 PDT

The road to 9/11 and beyond

In a riveting new book that ranges from ancient Mecca to the corridors of the FBI, Lawrence Wright brings to life the fanatics behind 9/11 -- and the turf wars that caused U.S. intelligence to miss it.
Friday, Jun 23, 2006 04:44 PDT

The Bush code of secrecy

How the White House is covering up CIA abductions, brutal interrogations and spying on Americans.
Tuesday, Apr 25, 2006 05:18 PDT

More top brass blast Rumsfeld

Two retired generals and an admiral denounce his leadership -- and say he's protected by a handpicked ring of high-ranking yes men.
Monday, Feb 27, 2006 04:00 PST

Colonel of truth

Former Bush insider Lawrence Wilkerson blasts Dick Cheney's "paranoia" -- and says Cheney and Rumsfeld are to blame for Abu Ghraib.
Monday, Dec 5, 2005 04:40 PST

America can't take it anymore

The Bush administration has embraced torture as a key part of the "war on terror." Finally, members of Congress, the military and the CIA are speaking out against the abuse.
Saturday, Oct 1, 2005 15:56 PDT

Still an angel?

Ashley Smith was sainted by conservatives for reading "The Purpose-Driven Life" to her captor. Now she admits to also giving him crystal meth.
Tuesday, Jul 19, 2005 16:05 PDT

The enemy is closer than we think

A top counterterrorism expert says the London suicide bombers may not have acted alone -- and America may be next.
Thursday, May 5, 2005 15:38 PDT

Right Hook

Wall Street Journal sees a Waco ending for Dems' filibuster "cult." Victor Hanson sees the upside of anti-Americanism. Plus: Sean Hannity dishes out marriage advice to the Runaway Groom.
Wednesday, Apr 13, 2005 15:43 PDT

Right Hook

John Bolton, king of the world! Plus: Karl Rove bootlegs Michael Moore, and James Dobson sees the Ku Klux Klan in the Supreme Court.
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2005 15:17 PST

Right Hook

Invoking bin Laden, Nazism and beheading by chainsaw, right-wingers pulled out all the stops to make their case for "saving" Terri Schiavo.
Friday, Mar 18, 2005 16:55 PST

Right Hook

Evangelicals in awe of hostage hero Ashley Smith fire up the family-values campaign, while Limbaugh and Coulter bash feminists.
Friday, Mar 4, 2005 10:11 PST

Inside "Gunner Palace"

Soldiers in the new documentary, and Iraq war veterans, discuss how filmmaker Michael Tucker captures the real terror and craziness of their lives and service in Iraq.
Monday, Feb 28, 2005 13:02 PST

Right Hook

Why have conservatives been silent about new evidence that the Bush administration sanctioned torture? Victor Davis Hanson and Jonah Goldberg tell us.
Thursday, Feb 10, 2005 15:04 PST

Right Hook

Secret memo reveals NBC's Brian Williams is GOP's new "go-to anchor." Tony Blankley's plan to make L.A. liberals spew their lattes. Plus: Still brooding over Janet Jackson's boob, Brent Bozell now discovers shocking depravity of MTV!
Wednesday, Feb 2, 2005 16:04 PST

Right Hook

After the vote: Podhoretz rips Democrats, Kerry for not celebrating "Bush's colossal vindication"; Steyn gloats that Iran is next. But a leading neocon acknowledges huge blunders.
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